A 44-year-old man has been charged with attempting to smuggle a machete and other knives into the U.S. Capitol on the same day President-elect Donald Trump visited to pay his respects to late former President Jimmy Carter. The man, identified as Mel J. Horne, faces multiple charges of carrying a dangerous weapon after trying to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a machete, two folding knives, and a box cutter.
Court documents reveal that Horne had made several anti-Trump posts on social media, referring to the president-elect and Elon Musk as derogatory terms. Despite the charges, Horne was released just days before Inauguration Day.
